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Speaker 1: latest with the Indianapolis Colts. Now here's the voice of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, Matt Taylor. Welcome inside the Colts Daily Update

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Speaker 1: tonight on this Wednesday, midweek for you, I'm Matt Taylor

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Speaker 1: and the Colts practice for the fifteenth time today at

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Speaker 1: Grand Park the side of Colts Training Camp brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Course in Fire and Security. The team is

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Speaker 1: down to their final practice tomorrow. Thursday's workout starts at

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Speaker 1: ten am, so a little bit earlier than normal, and

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Speaker 1: it's going to be inside. Practice will incur in the

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Speaker 1: Events Center at Grand Park. Only. The first seven hundred

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Speaker 1: to Colts dot com slash Camp. Colts will close out

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Speaker 1: the preseason on Saturday, they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: Kickoff is set for seven thirty Saturday night, and as

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Speaker 1: we said earlier this week, the plan is for the

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Speaker 1: Colts starting units to play about a half. Frank Reich

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Speaker 1: doesn't want those front line to go three plus weeks

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Speaker 1: without playing on the game field eating into the season

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Speaker 1: opener on September eleventh. Speaking of week one, still no

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Speaker 1: clarity yet on Shaquille Leonard, who remains on pup. Leonard

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Speaker 1: has in practice at all during training camp and miss

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Speaker 1: as well, and Frank Reich was asked earlier this week

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Speaker 1: reserve pup list once final cuts are made next Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: That would mean he would miss the first four games

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Speaker 1: three man roster total. Chris and I have not had

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Speaker 1: get him taken raps, even if it takes, however many

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Speaker 1: weeks it's going to take to get him ready. That's

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Speaker 1: Frank Reich on Shaquille Leonard, who has spent the entirety

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Speaker 1: of training camp on the active pop list after undergoing

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Speaker 1: offseason back surgery to remove pressure off two discs in

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Speaker 1: Elsewhere with injuries, the Colts experienced one in practice earlier

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Speaker 1: this week. Unfortunately, veteran punter Rigaberto Sanchez suffered a torn

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Speaker 1: a big blow for the Colts because he's one of

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Speaker 1: He also acts as the team's field goal holder and

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Speaker 1: Sanchez's replaced Smith. Starting center Ryan Kelly did not practice today.

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Speaker 1: He landed on the COVID list, so that means he'll

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Speaker 1: on the Colts Daily Update. This is ninety three five

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Speaker 1: to the Colts Daily Update with Matt Taylor, the voice

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Speaker 1: of the Colts. Hey, welcome back, you're on the Colts

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Speaker 1: Daily Update. Quick reminder, the Colts closed out training camp

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Speaker 1: tomorrow at Grand Park. Tomorrow's practice starts at ten in

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Speaker 1: the morning. That's it for camp in Westfield. Download your

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Speaker 1: free ticket for tomorrow morning's practice, head to Colts dot

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Speaker 1: off day on Friday, and then they'll play the Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay Bucaneers in the preseason finale on Saturday. Kick off

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Speaker 1: and obviously adversity has hit the Colts on Special Teams

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Speaker 1: started off asking coach Vantrone how Rigo was doing a

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Speaker 1: JJ Stankovitz from Colts dot com joins me tomorrow on

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Speaker 1: the Daily Update, starting at six, we'll recap practice this

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Speaker 1: the official Colts Podcast now interview up with Colts owner

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Speaker 1: Jim Ersey on his expectations for his team in twenty

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Speaker 1: this week, we've talked with Mike Stron, Mollie Cox, and

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Speaker 1: recent episode of Inside Football with Rick Venturiy his thoughts

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